I'm trying to install Openstack Swift on CentOS 6.5. I only need object storage, so no other Openstack services will be installed. The problem I'm facing now is how to choose the auth system.
I've tried keystone, which seems a little bit too 'heavy' to me. After some Googling, I found swauth, but only a few results about it. So is it fine to use swauth as the auth system, even in a production installation? Thanks!
swauth is an alternative to keystone, Its note difficult to configure and operate. It depends on how big is going to be your installation, but from my experience its pretty feasible for a mid size deployment.
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I want to start developing with a team using a Neo4j DB, a Spring Boot backend and an AngularJS frontend.
For that, I want to have a Maven Repository and a Jenkins.
To enable my team to use this, I want to have some kind of server at home that can provide remote (sequred) access to the Maven Repo, the Jenkins and the Neo4j DB and that can host the AngularJS frontend communicating with the Spring Backend.
I don't really know where to start. After some googling I found a NAS, but I'm not sure if they suit my requirements.
I've found tutorials for configuring a VPN but there may be a simpler way.
What would you recommend?
So, after some more asking around and googling if found 2 possible solutions, that i want to try out in the future:
First of seems to be the NAS (I've only read about Synology), although it not seems to be intended for my requirements. However there are packages available in the DiskStation OS that allow the installation of a Jenkins, a Maven Repo and Docker, allowing to host a Neo4j DB. I was told, I should be cautious, because only the "x86 diskstation supports docker". At this point I'm not too sure what this means, but since I'm posting an answer, I don't want to keep this knowledge for myself.
I didn't really find anything on hosting applications.
Second solution seems to be, to build a homeserver. In my current understanding, it should suffice to have a spare PC at home for that. All the steps involved should be available under here (german).
I didn't find anything about hosting applications here too, but since this is a "real" system, I'm pretty sure it's possible.
I'm going to try the second one out and keep you updated as far as I don't forget it :)
I would like to know what is the best method to deploy applications like Django, Flask etc.. is by building RPM files or by using a tool like fabric which more or less does the same thing.. I'm trying to figure out the best approach to handle deployment and automation.
After considering the requirements I believe in my situation fabric will work best for basic deployments to multiple servers. While rpms can do similar things every time there is a change in source a new RPM must be created which for my environment will not work since the source code changes frequently. Any input from anyone is welcome. But I feel at least for me this will work best in the current situation.
currently I'm looking for an open source project that gives me the opportunity to install software easily. I prefer direct calls or access with a REST interface.
I thought that CloudFoundry would fits my needs but it is'nt so.
AppFog (https://www.appfog.com/product/) comes much closer to my goal. It allows me to install Drupal, Wordpress, PhpMyAdmin, NodeJS Apps and so on.
The conclusion is that I'm looking for an project that...
is open source.
gives that possibility to install, configure and
uninstall software
is extendable when a specific software not
available
is accessible with an interface like REST.
is "hostable" on my own linux server
I would be happy for all kind of hints and tips :)
Cheers Tobias
Docker is seems to be the next big thing in the PaaS world. There are dozens new projects that build on top of docker or supporting it. For example OpenShift and Apache Stratos support docker. So if you look at solutions based on docker you can find a solution for you needs.
Right now I'm using docker for hosting couple of Drupal websites with simple bash scripts to manage them. Nginx is used for web traffic routing
Docker is open source
Gives you ability to prepare and install apps
You can build what you need on top of it
It has REST interface
It is running on nearly all major Linux distros
Its relatively easy to learn and use
Has great community
Tobias,
Suggest you look at Apache Stratos:
100% open source
Easy to Get Up and Running
Highly extensible, flexible, expandable
Uses REST APIs
Runs on Linux (Ubuntu or SUSE)
Mature (version 4)
See:
Intro article -- "Why Apache Stratos is the Preferred Choice in the PaaS Space"
http://wso2.com/library/articles/2014/05/why-apache-stratos-is-the-preferred-choice-in-the-paas-space/
Apache Stratos Project site -- which notes that "Stratos PaaS is easy to get it up and running in quick time. A developer will be able to run and test PaaS framework on a single machine to try out."
http://stratos.apache.org/
Cheers,
Michael
OpenShift is what you looking for :
it is open source and free for 3 gears for ever.
gives that possibility to install, configure and uninstall software in openshift.redhat.com or in rhc client tools.
it is extendable when a specific software not available is accessible throw DIY(Do it yourself)
with an REST interface
is "hostable" on Fedora or CentOS .
It is really easy to setup throw Eclipse.
Hi I was looking for a place to host my bigger projects with a philosophy "pay for what you use". I found Amazon WS. I want to set up a site with CMS (Modx) on Amazon WS. I basically need to setup a database (mysql?) and a webserver. Can someone provide me with some info on that or point to a tutorial or something?
Well, AWS gives you EC2 (CPU) and EBS (Hard Disk). You will need to choose an OS, setup Apache/Nginx and mysql.
In their basic form, the installation procedure is fairly simple.
sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo apt-get install mysql
Look around the web for more complete tutorials for the OS you choose. These are for ubuntu.
As for Modx, their instructions are available.
Good luck.
Also, you can also use a PaaS solution to assist you with the setup. Such as:
https://bitnami.com/stack/modx/cloud/amazon
This will enable you to build a CMS on any Cloud provider: AWS, Azure, etc. and add a layer of support and management on top of it.
I have came across a tutorial available here: http://blog.jelastic.com/2013/06/25/deploy-modx-cms/
The tutorial seems to be more than comprehensive.
Seems you just need to pick up the needed instances, upload the application and configure the database.
Is it a good or a bad idea to package and deploy web applications in rpm format. Did anyone experiment with this. ?
Thank you
It is a good idea, especially if your application relies on specific packages/libraries. It is also relatively easy to do, since httpd config usually just scans /etc/http.d on RPM-based distributions.
It is also much easier for people to try out your application versus having to go through a usually multi-step install HOWTO's.
You can look at RedHat's webalizer RPM for a sample on how to package web apps as RPM's.